Going it alone
Title: Going it alone. Description: Why would anyone choose to give birth without a doctor, midwife or even her partner in attendance? Viv…
Topics: Infant
Midwife managed delivery unit: a randomised controlled comparison with consultant led care
Title: Midwife managed delivery unit: a randomised controlled comparison with consultant led care Abstract: Objective: To examine whether intrapartum care and delivery of…
Infant feeding in Asian families: early practices and growth
Title: Infant feeding in Asian families: early practices and growth. Description: A survey exploring the infant feeding practices of families living in England…
NICE Clinical Guidelines Antenatal Care
Title: NICE Clinical Guidelines Antenatal Care Description: The original antenatal care guideline was published by NICE in 2003. Since then several important pieces…
Doulas
Title: Doulas Description: Doulas say: “A doula can support anyone in the family,” said Sarah Blair, a Casper doula. “We do not want…
Birthing Story
Title: Birthing Story. Description: As Yeo does her best to get over her traumatic experience of home birth, Patricia Hewitt, the health secretary,…
Qualitative study of evidence based leaflets in maternity care
Title: Qualitative study of evidence based leaflets in maternity care Abstract: Objective: To examine the use of evidence based leaflets on informed…
Caesarean Births Pose Higher Risks For Mother And Baby
Title: Caesarean Births Pose Higher Risks For Mother And Baby. Description: Study Finds Women having a non-emergency caesarean birth have double the risk of illness or…
Midwife services ‘under pressure’
Title: Midwife services ‘under pressure’. Description: A rising birthrate and more difficult births are putting midwifery services under pressure, according to a poll…
Unborn babies “practise” facial expressions of pain, researchers from Durham and Lancaster universities say
Title: Unborn babies “practise” facial expressions of pain, researchers from Durham and Lancaster universities say. Description: A study of ultrasound scans suggests movements…